St Giles Hospice shops raise £10m

Finance | Kirsty Weakley | 30 Jul 2012

St Giles Hospice has announced that its chain of retail outlets has raised £10m for the charity, since opening its first shop 27 years ago.

There are now 21 shops in the Staffordshire area raising money for the local charity’s work supporting people with cancer and other serious illnesses.

Lynwen Truesdale head of retail said the team was “delighted” and that: “£10m is a huge amount of money that has done a massive amount of good for people across the region over the years.”

Each shop is run by a shop manager with a team of volunteers, Truesdale added that: “This winning combination is the secret of our success.”

Donated items sold in the shops include clothing, accessories, gifts, homeware, books, DVDs and toys. There is also a range of new goods such as greeting and Christmas cards. It sells furniture in six shops and has six specialist bookshops as well as one specialist bridal shop.

All the shops are set up to claim gift aid.

St Giles Hospice was ranked 33rd in last year’s Charity Shops Survey, with a profit of £653,443 for the year end March 2011, which was an increase of 6.1 per cent from the previous year.

The results of the 2012 Shops Survey will be revealed in the Oct issue of Charity Finance. St Giles Hospice results will be included.

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.